Top Japanese officials on Tuesday sought to downplay concerns about plunging share prices, pointing to strong growth and corporate earnings as reasons for calm.

The comments came as the benchmark Nikkei 225 index dipped 7.1 percent in Tuesday afternoon trading, before recovering slightly.

People monitor a stock index board at a bank in Bangkok, Thailand, February 6, 2018.

Responding to the market sell-off, the White House said Trump was focused on the long-term health of the United States economy, claiming the fundamentals were "exceptionally strong". Dow futures were swinging wildly.

Tokyo stocks fell almost across the board after the Dow Jones industrial average plummeted 1,175.21 points, or 4.60 percent, in NY on Monday, incurring the worst one-day point loss ever. There was intense trading activity, with more than 40 percent of the average daily volume traded on Germany's DAX and Europe's STOXX 50 by 0845 GMT. The indexes in South Korea, Singapore and Australia were down by about 3.1 percent.

The dollar was trading at 109.10 yen against 109.13 yen in NY, sharply lower than rates around 110 yen seen a day earlier.

Export-oriented names, including automakers Toyota, Nissan and Honda, as well as technology firms Hitachi and Canon, were downbeat, dragged down by the yen's appreciation.

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Equity markets in Europe and Asia, along with oil prices, also retreated amid a general aversion towards riskier assets.

The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 1,175 points, or 4.6 percent, erasing its gains for the year. That raised the alarm about higher inflation and, with it, potentially higher interest rates. The Dow closed down 1,175 points, or 4.6%.

The Dow ended at 24,345. The Nasdaq composite was little changed at 6,968.

The 10-year U.S. Treasuries yield rose to as high as 2.885 percent on Monday, its highest in four years and up 47 basis points since the end of 2017. "It is now up 187 points so we are back up today".

Minutes after the European markets opened, there were sharp declines across most sectors in a morning sell-off. It was down 872, or 3.4 percent, to 24,651.

Wells Fargo plunged 8 percent after the Federal Reserve hit the bank with new sanctions over a scandal that involved opening millions of phony consumer accounts. Japan's benchmark index slumped almost 1,200 points.

Bond yields slipped after moving sharply higher Friday.

Buying on dips was held in check to some extent "due to concerns over further falls in USA stocks", said Tomoaki Fujii, head of the investment research division at Akatsuki Securities Inc. Exxon Mobil fell 3.5 percent.

Since coming to office, Trump has repeatedly touted day-to-day stock market increases as evidence his administration is succeeding. "On the domestic front other factors like high valuations, uncertainties on growth, inflation and interest rates and fears of RBI turning hawkish are unnerving investors".

Indications are, McMaster said, that the Amtrak train was on the wrong track, and estimated to be moving at 59 miles per hour . Myrick told USA TODAY that the crash happened in a mostly industrial area near the intersection of Interstate-26 and I-77.

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The files revealed that former Prime Minister Tony Abbott's government had considered denying welfare to people under 30. The documents reported this week were said to delve into the workings of five previous governments over the last decade.

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Former Premier League champions Leicester City were made to play their latest fixture bereft of star winger Riyad Mahrez . According to BBC Sport , Man City thought Leicester wanted £95 million plus Patrick Roberts in exchange for Mahrez.

Xiaomi rode strong sales in home market China, and India, where it surpassed Samsung as the leading smartphone brand in 2017. Strategy Analytics , which pegs the shipments at 29.5 million, noted that its quarterly growth is unmoved from a year ago.

The foreign minister added that the Afghan delegation, which visited Islamabad on Wednesday, had productive talks with Pakistan. The first meeting of the Pakistan-Afghanistan Joint Working Groups will be held in Kabul on Saturday, an official said.

The South Korean company has surpassed Intel and has been the world's largest manufacturer of processors since previous year . GPUs are used to handle graphics on computers as well as being deployed for mining purposes.

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